The NBA has its Charlotte Hornets back again. The North Carolina franchise announced Tuesday that they have officially changed the name back to the Charlotte Hornets after ten years as the Charlotte Bobcats. The Hornets were an NBA staple from 1988 to 2002 before then-owner George Shinn moved the team and name to New Orleans in a messy separation from the original city. However the Hornets’ name became...
Under Joe Dumars’ watch, the Detroit Pistons enjoyed a stretch that included an NBA title, two Eastern Conference championships and six trips to the conference finals. They also imploded from 2008 on, with Dumars orchestrating one questionable deal after the next. His series of moves to sign and then later trade Ben Gordon will go down among the worst decisions in franchise history. Here’s how it all...
The 2012 pick that sent a conditional first round pick and Ben Gordon to Charlotte for Corey Maggette is complete! But the results actually got worse for the Pistons tonight when Cleveland and their 1.7% chance of winning the NBA Draft Lottery come to fruition as the Cavs moved up and the Hornets moved into the nine spot eliminating Detroit (and their 83.4% chance of keeping the pick) not only from...
The Charlotte Bobcats officially rebranded to the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday afternoon, hours before the NBA Draft Lottery occurred late Tuesday night. And thanks in large part to the continued luck of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the brand new Charlotte Hornets now own the 9th and 24th picks in the first round of the upcoming 2014 NBA Draft that will take place on June 26th. During the press conference...
My sister and I have an ongoing war over our father's old purple Charlotte Hornets sweatshirt. More than once, it has changed hands illegitimately. Sh......
- ESPN EDITIONS: USA ESPAÑOL More Australia Brazil United Kingdom CITIES: BOSTON CHICAGO DALLAS LOS ANGELES NEW YORK ESPN NBA Shop Hornets all the buzz in Charlotte Updated: May 20, 2014, 5:04 PM ET Associated Press Recommend 0 Tweet 0 Comments 0 Email Print NBA Franchise Announces Return Of The 'Hornets' Tom Sorensen discusses what impact the name change back to the "Hornets" will have on the Charlotte...
Tom Sorensen discusses what impact the name change back to the "Hornets" will have on the Charlotte NBA franchise....
After 12 years, the Charlotte Hornets name has officially returned to the Carolinas. Today the name of Charlotte’s original NBA franchise is back as the Charlotte Bobcats have officially re-branded as the Charlotte Hornets. ...
In my best Stephen A. Smith voice: Let me be clear, the Bobcats were never Charlotte's team. I repeat, the Charlotte Bobcats were never Charlotte's team. Charlotte never felt connected to franchise. They tried, but it was never like it was. They weren't...the Hornets.The original Charlotte Hornets moved to New Orleans in 2002 which left a definite hole in not only the Charlotte area, but all of North...
The team announced its intention to change from the Bobcats to the Hornets in 2013, and then-commissioner David Stern immediately approved the change. On May 20th, the Bobcats era came to an end....
The Charlotte Bobcats officially adopted the “Hornets” moniker on Tuesday, launching a new website to reflect the name change. The organization’s new website, Hornets.com, sports the team’s new teal-and-purple color scheme and includes the tagline: “From the heart of our history comes the fierce soul of our future.” The “Bobcats” name was used by the franchise for 10 seasons after joining the NBA as...
After a brief hiatus, the franchise formerly known as the Charlotte Bobcats have now reverted back to its old name in the likes of the Charlotte Hornets.There is an excellent article on BuzzFeed detailing the massive merchandise success of Charlotte's uniform design in the 1990s. The team's bold clash of teal and purple made it a fashion icon and the designer in charge of the phenomenon was North Carolina...
Eleven years ago in the highly vaunted 2003 NBA Draft, the Memphis Grizzlies had the sixth-best odds to win the lottery and snag high school phenom LeBron James with the top overall pick. The pick came as a result of a 1997 trade with Detroit, when the Grizzlies were still north of the border in Vancouver. Because of complicated trade conditions, Memphis could only keep that pick if it won the lottery....
The Charlotte Bobcats officially changed their name back to the Hornets in a live press conference Tuesday afternoon. The team will unveil their new uniforms for the 2014-15 season on June 19. Check out the new logo: The post Charlotte Bobcats Officially Change Name To Hornets (Photo) appeared first on Beyond The Buzzer....
WE'RE BACK, #BUZZCITY! pic.twitter.com/B1Q9O4PYqE — Charlotte Hornets (@Hornets) May 20, 2014 The Charlotte Bobcats officially became the Charlotte Hornets once again Tuesday. That includes Hornets’ history from 1988-2002 returning to Charlotte. The rebranding will continue throughout the summer, but the announced change became official with tonight’s NBA Draft Lottery. Click after the jump for some...
It’s only taken 12 years, but our long national nightmare of not having the Charlotte Hornets in our NBA lives is finally over. The former Charlotte Bobcats ditched their former name — which they’d had since entering the league in 2005 — during a Tuesday afternoon press conference, officially ushering in the ten billion-times cooler Hornets nickname. Of course, along with the name comes the snazzy...
Crews were busy Monday afternoon taking down Bobcats banners and signs around Time Warner Cable Arena....
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